economic and social situation of youth in germany
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION OF
YOUTHin Germany
•Germany •Federal States
• Europe•Chances of the Labour Market• Training opportunities • Foreigners
Agenda
German
y BA = Bundesagentur für Arbeit Major service provider on Germany’s job market
6.8 % unemployme
nt in Germany
• Large gap between Bavaria and Berlin (8 %)• High unemployment in East Germany • A lot of vacancies for training in West Germany
Federal States
Berlin : few apprentices, many dropouts, many people without a school certificate • Companies want a high certificate• No role-model for the socially disadvantaged young people• No belief in success• overstrained youth spend their time on games and watching TV: no care about their future
Reasons
lowest level since the German reunification and
also one of the lowest levels of unemployment in
Europe
Europe
•Every year, approx. half a million young people start an apprenticeship•Many companies can’t find trainees•Companies stop offering trainings
Situation on the apprenticeship market
•10 applications•Apprenticeship industrial clerk•8 applications were refused•Conclusion: luck needed
Anna-Lena, 18
•Working at a company + going to a vocational school•Training regulations can work everywhere in Germany•Final exam at the Chamber of Commerce
The Dual System of Vocational Training
•Curriculum is well done•Easier to start working•Good combination of school and company
Joana, 25
•New alternative•Working in a company + study at a university•Very expensive for enterprises
Dual Study
•Feasible, but a lot of work•Good alternative, but not for me
Florian, 20
• Great opportunity• No debts• Takes longer than the prescribed time• 4 years: apprenticeship, bachelor and job- related qualification
Alex, 23
• A lot of welfare recipients (Hartz IV) are people with foreign roots• Berlin: most unemployed people with a
migration background• Reason : insufficient school education
and trainingoften, people with migration
background haven’t done an apprenticeship
Situation of the Foreigners on the labor market
There is a change of the situation because many above-average qualified workers come to Germany
• High-school graduate• Well integrated• Same opportunities and chances• Feels comfortable
Rayan, 17, Lebanese
• http://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.420953.de/themen_nachrichten/jugendarbeitslosigkeit_in_deutschland_deutlich_gesunken_vor_allem_aus_demografischen_gruenden.html
• http://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/• http://
de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/240450/umfrage/regionen-mit-der-niedrigsten-jugendarbeitslosenquote-in-der-eu/
• http://www.wirtschaftundschule.de/aktuelle-themen/arbeitsmarkt-berufsorientierung/der-arbeitsmarkt-fuer-jugendliche/jugendarbeitslosigkeit-in-europa-und-warum-deutschland-besser-dasteht/
• Public opinion pool
sources
Thank you for your attention
Beatrice & Jana